Cuspidor-holder



(No Model.)

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Patented Apr. 10, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES E. KELLOGG, OF WEST HARTFORD, ASSIGN OR TO THE HARTFORD SANITARYMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CUSPlDOR-HOLDE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,107, dated April10, 1894. Application filed November 8, 1893. Serial No. 490,341. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. KELLOGG, of West Hartford, county ofHartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement inOuspidor- Holders, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to ccrtainnew and useful lmprovements in holdersfor cuspidors.

The objects of my invention are to construct a holder for cuspidors,made from any suitable substance, as paper, which holder Wlll be simpleand inexpensive, yet which will perform its functions inasatisfactorymanner. I 5 My invention is illustrated by the accompanylng drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shield.

. Fig. 1s a perspective view of a cup. Fig. 3 1s a side elevation of myinvention. Fig. 4 is across section of Fig. 3 on the line aa, and Fig. 5is a cross-section on the line 12-12 Fig. 4, showing the cup and shieldin place within the holder.

I wish it to be understood that I do not 2 5 claim the device showneither in Figs. 1 or 2 as novel; these figures are added merely toassist 1n explanation of my invention.

S1milar letters refer to similar parts in all views.

Ais thatportion of a common form of cusp1dor called the shield, formedof any suitable substance. ject outwardly over the sides of thereceptacle 1n the ordinary manner at a low pitch, as illus- 5 trated inFig. 5.

B is a cup shaped receptacle formed of preferably the same substance ofwhich the shield 1s formed and adapted to hold the liquid.

D is the base of the holder. Projecting outwardly from the base D andsecured thereto is an outside casing E,the body of which may be suitablyornamented with fancy figures and the like, if desired,-made of anydesired material, preferablysome sheet-metal. Projecting upward andflanging outward from the two opposite sides of the casing E are thewings F F. The upper edges of these wings F F are turned over, as shownin Figs. 3, 4. and 5, for the purpose hereinafter described. 50 Thesewings in combination with the casing E and the base D constitute myinvention.

The sides of this shield pro- In operation, the cup B is placed withinthe casing E, as shown in Fig. 5, the shield A is placed as shown inFig. 5, and the upper edges of the shield A, which is adjacent to thehooked upper edge of the wings F F, are slipped under the hooked edges,as shown in Fig. 5, thereby securely holding the three parts A, B and Etogether, so that they cannot be separated until the upper edges of theshieldAare withdrawn from under the hooked upper edges of the holder. Ifdesired, a hole G may be made in the base D below the bottom of the cupB for the purpose of facilitating the removal of the said cup from thecars ing E, should the upper edge of the cup B be dropped down into thereceptacle so far as to be inaccessible. This, however, is notimperative. I

The wingsF F preferably taper outwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, thus makingthe upper edge of said wings longer than the lower edge, so that thesaid wings will coincide with the side of the shield A. If preferred,the base -D may be formed as. a part of the casing E.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat-' out, is-

'1. A cuspidor holder consisting of a base, supporting thereon a casingadapted to carry a liquid receiving receptacle, with flexible wingsextending from the upper edge of the said casing and carrying'the shieldA, the extreme upper edge of the said wings being turned inward to formhooks which operate to securely hold in place the said shield,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A cuspidor holder consisting of a rectangular outside casing carryinga cup-receptacle, said casing having outward projecting o flexible wingsextending from the upper edge of the casing and carrying the shield A,the said wings being hooked inward along their upper edge for thepurpose of admitting and retaining the upper edge of the said shield, 5the lower edges of the shield projecting slightly into the liquidreceptacle, substantially as described. 7

.3. A cuspidor holder consisting of the perforated base, supporting acasing adapted to I00 surround the sides of the cup-receptacle, theupper edge of the said casing having attached thereto, upwardly andoutwardly inclined ing slightly into the cup-receptacle, substanflexiblewings the side edges of which, taper tially as and for the purposespecified. outwardly so that the wings are broadest at CHARLES E KELLOGGtheir upper end, the extreme upper edge of 5 said wings being turnedinwardly to form Vitnesses:

hooks adapted to retain the upper edge of the W. C. PRESCOTT, shield,the lower edge of the shieldAproject- W. H. SORIVENER.

